The challenge of choosing winners of the SLO, Northbank & Marching On Groups' 'My First Match' kids mural competition is underway.

We received over 180 entries in total and hope to be in a position to contact two winners before 19th March as well as posting as many entries as possible on SLO social media after that.

The announcement of winners was intended to be before then but has been delayed due to the sheer volume of entries.

Many thanks to everyone who submitted a design, from individual entries, to school classes and kids groups. Also thanks to Stephen Gallacher of Street Stuff who helped promote the competition.

The above photo shows representatives from Supporter Liasion Officers, Northbank, Marching On, Street Stuff, St Mirren FC, and The St Mirren Charitable Foundation working their way through just some of the designs that were posted in.

Those sent electronically are currently going through a similar process.

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to Hearts on Saturday 8th April are now on sale online HERE.

Tickets for this match will also be available at St Mirren Ticket Office (subject to availability) from 10am on Tuesday 21st March. Please note the St Mirren Ticket Office will be closed on Monday 20th March.

Online orders made selecting standard post will be available up until 10am on Tuesday 4th April. Online orders for pick up will be available to purchase until 10 am on Thursday 6th April and pick ups must be collected from the St Mirren Ticket Office by 2pm on Friday 7th April. 

We have received an allocation of around 600 tickets for this match.

Hearts v St Mirren 
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 8th April 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Tynecastle Park

Hearts Ticket Info

Adults - £27
Over 65/FTE* - £19
Under 18 - £14
Under 16 - £7
Under 13 - £5

*Full time education. Valid student matriculation card required as proof. 

A limited number of wheelchair and carer pairs are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. These are priced at £15 for the wheelchair user, with the carer ticket free of charge. 

Ambulant disabled tickets will be charged at the age-appropriate rate. If a carer is required, and proof of this is provided, the carer's ticket will be free of charge.

Wheelchair and ambulant disabled tickets are only available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. 

St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.

St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com. 

St Mirren are back in cinch Premiership action tomorrow with a trip to Tannadice to face Dundee United. 

Dundee United vs St Mirren
cinch Premiership
Venue: Tannadice Park, Dundee
Date: Saturday 18th March 2023
Kick-off: 3pm

Ticket Info

Please be aware that tickets will only be available online directly from Dundee United; there will be none available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. Tickets can be purchased online by clicking HERE.

Jim McLean Fair Play Upper

Adults - £28
Concessions* - £16
Under-12s** - £5

Ambulant with PA - £16
Wheelchair with PA - £16

*65 and over, full-time student and under 21. 
**Must be accompanied by a full-paying adult. 

All ambulant supporters should be registered with St Mirren as a disabled supporter and a ticket can be purchased online with a PA if required. 

Should any of our disabled ambulant supporters have mobility issues with stairs, please contact Dundee United direct and they will organise lower stand tickets.

Anyone looking for Wheelchair & PA pairs in the corner shelter should contact Dundee United direct on 01382 833166 Option 1.

Entry Info

• Turnstiles will open at 2pm. Away fans should enter through Turnstiles 12-14 of the Jim McLean Fair Play Stand.
• Kiosks will be contactless only.
• Flags should be within regulations and must have a fire certificate. No offensive or political flags will be allowed. Please display all flags/banners to the CCTV cameras before entering the stadium.
• No balaclavas or face coverings will be allowed on entering or within the stadium. Refusal of entry/ejection will occur if face coverings are seen.
• No pyro!
• No bags bigger than A4 allowed.
• No surfing banners or telescopic poles allowed.
• No Drum will be allowed inside stadium. 
• Searching will be in place.
• Any inebriated fans will not be allowed to enter the stadium.
• No smoking anywhere inside the stadium and no pass out is allowed.
• Buses to park in normal place and please be mindful when parking on the streets and not to block any driveways.

How to follow

You can follow the action on our Twitter page @saintmirrenfc. 

UK subscribers to St Mirren TV can listen to live audio commentary as part of their subscription. St Mirren TV international subscribers can watch live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription.

International subscriptions start at £14.99 per month or £149.99 per year for access to all of our cinch Premiership matches.

Mark your calendars!

We will be hosting a special dinner at the Normandy Hotel on Friday 13th October 2023 to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of our League Cup win.

League Cup winning manager Danny Lennon, as well as goalscorer Steven Thompson will be in attendance with more names to be confirmed. 

Full event details and ticketing arrangements will be confirmed in due course. 

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to confirm that Mark O’Hara has signed a two-year extension to his current contract which keeps him at the club until summer 2026.

The 27-year-old has become a firm favourite with the Saints support since joining the club as our first signing of the 2022/23 season in May. The midfielder has scored seven goals in 31 appearances this season and worn the captain’s armband on a number of occasions in the absence of Joe Shaughnessy.

Mark confessed his delight at agreeing a longer-term deal and said being at St Mirren feels like home.

Speaking to stmirren.com after penning his new deal, Mark explained: "From the moment I stepped through the door here it’s felt like home and I’m happy to commit longer term and focus on my football.

I spoke with the manager, and he wanted to make it a longer term and it was something I was obviously very keen to happen. It’s local and everything works and I’m so happy to be here.

"The changing room is amazing, the staff are amazing and it really does feel like home. We’ve not achieved anything yet but there is a really good feeling about the squad and it’s something I’m enjoying being a part of.

"In football there is always a bit of uncertainty but the fact that I’m going to be here long-term is massive."

Reflecting on the new deal, Saints manager Stephen Robinson praised Mark’s professionalism and dubbed him the ‘perfect footballer to manage’. 

Mark is the epitome of the perfect footballer to manage," he told stmirren.com.

"He’s been my captain all season when Joe [Shaughnessy] hasn’t been playing. You never get any hassle from him. He gets on with things, he plays wherever you ask him to play and how ever you ask him to play.

"He's been fantastic and for us to tie him down for another two years is a great piece of business for the club."

On the 10th Anniversary of our League Cup Final win over Hearts, goalscorer and boyhood Buddie Steven Thompson shares his memories of the build-up to the final and what it meant to win a trophy with the club he supported.

St Mirren are back in cinch Premiership action on Saturday with Stephen Robinson's men travelling to Tannadice to face Dundee United. 

The Buddies sit in sixth place in the cinch Premiership - a point above Livingston - with five matches remaining until the split. Saints weren't in action last weekend with the Scottish Cup quarter-finals taking place. 

Having also been knocked out of the Scottish Cup, Dundee United too had a free weekend. However, Jim Goodwin's Arabs were in action last midweek as they drew 1-1 against Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena. With United rooted to bottom spot in the league, the point moved them to within three points of both Kilmarnock and Ross County in the battle for survival. 

Match Details

Dundee United v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 18th March 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Tannadice Park

Ticket Info

Tickets for Saturday's match are available online. There are none available at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

For full ticket details please click HERE.

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription. 

Previous

St Mirren have been victorious in the two meetings between the teams this season. 

A Curtis Main double followed by a late Alex Greive goal saw Saints win 3-0 at Tannadice in August. That was our third win in a row against Dundee United at Tannadice having previously won 2-1 in January 2022 and 5-1 in January 2021.

Greive was on the scoresheet again when we hosted United at the SMiSA Stadium in October. The New Zealand striker scored a late winner as we defeated the Arabs 2-1 in Paisley. 

Alex Greive celebrates his late winner with Keanu Baccus the last time we faced Dundee United (Image: Allan Picken)

The officials

The referee on Saturday is Craig Napier. He's assisted by David Roome and Andy Milne. The fourth official is Iain Snedden. 

Colin Steven in the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and he'll be assisted by Steven Traynor.  

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Caolan Boyd-Munce on a deal until the end of the season - subject to international clearance - with the club holding an option to extend further in the summer.

The midfielder joins the club as a free agent having left English Championship side Middlesbrough in January. 

The 23-year-old Northern Irishman began his career at Glentoran before moving to Birmingham City at the age of 16. He spent six years at Birmingham, with a loan spell at Redditch United included, before signing for Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee in January 2022. 

Having been capped by Northern Ireland to U21s level, the midfielder knows Stephen Robinson well and says the manager didn't have to do too much to persuade him to sign for the Buddies. 

Speaking to stmirren.com, Caolan said: "I had quite a few offers but none of them felt 100%. As soon as I had my first day in here I called my mum and dad and told them I thought this was the one.

I came in to train for a few days and when I got here I was put at ease because it was a cracking dressing room. The boys made me feel so welcome and the levels and intensity at training were brilliant.

"The manager knows how to get the best out of players and I'm really looking forward to working with him. He didn't really need to make much of a sell. Because I know him and he knows me he just told me how it is and what he needs from me and that was it.

"I like to play," he continued. "I wanted to come somewhere that I'm going to get the ball and there are players that want the ball. I want to play forward and control the game."

Speaking on the signing, manager Stephen Robinson said: "It's a short-term contract for Caolan to prove himself.

Caolan is a young international that I worked with previously as a young boy. He's technically very good. He's playing catch up fitness wise, but he has a great attitude and is someone that we feel if we can develop there may be something longer term for him.

"We're trying to fill the gap that we've had since Ethan [Erhahon] left. He's a similar type player to Ethan who I think we have missed.

"He can certainly be in the squad going forward and play 10/15 minutes in matches. But with the intensity we play at it might take him a bit of time to get up to speed.

"This deal is more a view to what we can do next season. We are trying to be proactive and have a look at positions we want but also being able to utilise him if needed this season."

We are delighted to confirm that St Mirren Youth Academy graduates Luke Kenny and Fraser Taylor have signed contract extensions until summer 2024. 

The two have been training with the first-team this season with Fraser having made three appearances from the bench, while Luke had a short loan at Lowland League side East Kilbride.

Manager Stephen Robinson said: "Fraser and Luke have both been a part of our first-team squad all season.

We feel like they are the future and, combined with some of the more experienced players we are signing, we feel it's important to give these boys contracts and keep that chain of players coming through from the academy for next season.

"We have to try and improve that pathway for the academy players and if they are good enough they will play for me. Luke and Fraser are two of maybe three or four that we are going to keep on and it's important to have six or seven younger players that gives the club its identity.

"It's also nice to develop young players and it's up to them after that."

An exciting opportunity has arisen within St Mirren Football Club. We are looking for a physiotherapist to work alongside our first-team and academy to join our ambitious team.

Reporting to Head of Medical, Gerry Docherty and Academy Director, Allan McManus, your role will see you provide the highest standard of evidence-based care, in line with the department's strategic plan.

You will provide effective Physiotherapy to the Under-18s squad and Youth Academy, while assisting the first-team when required as directed by the head of department and contribute to the overall success of the Medical and Football Science department.

The role will be on a full-time permanent basis. To download the job description please click HERE.

If you’re interested in this exciting & challenging role please send an up-to-date copy of your CV and cover letter to: keith.lasley@stmirren.com by Friday 7th April 2023. 

Interviews will be held at a date to be confirmed and only those invited to interview will receive return notification.